Recaps

Liu Weimin went to investigate a road and found a field of corpses, then discovered that the tattooed young man and his companions had trapped Liu Huamei inside a house. He kicked in the door and entered, where the group surrounded him as Liu Huamei watched in terror.

• Liu Weimin left Liu Huamei behind to check the road, while the tattooed young man and his companions moved against her.
• The group stopped Liu Huamei from making a sound and planned to ambush Liu Weimin when he returned.
• Liu Weimin followed a faint smell of blood and found human corpses scattered across the ground.
• Liu Weimin approached the silent tiled-roof house, grew suspicious, and kicked its door off its hinges.
• Liu Weimin dodged back and entered through the doorway, where the tattooed young man and the others surrounded him as Liu Huamei looked on in terror.

Liu Huamei escaped after Liu Weimin fought off the men trying to stop her, then reached the wall and asked Li Yu for help. After hearing her account, Li Yu made the decision about whether to let her in.

• Liu Weimin fought the men at the doorway and shielded Liu Huamei, while she fled to a vehicle.
• Liu Huamei drove to the wall and contacted Li Yu, Liu Jianwen, and the others over the radio.
• Li Hongyuan urged them to wait for Li Yu, and Liu Jianwen followed him as he went to hear Liu Huamei's account.
• Liu Huamei tearfully described what had happened and pleaded for help.
• Li Yu refused to let her in and calmly offered Liu Jianwen a cigarette as his uncle grew anxious.

Liu Huamei's desperation turned into a revenge-fueled attempt to break into Li Yu's shelter, drawing a horde of zombies to the gate. Li Yu and his eldest uncle fought their way back inside, where they finally found safety.

• Liu Huamei struggled with Li Yu's refusal to save those who had brought their troubles on themselves, and her despair turned to hatred.
• Liu Huamei activated the riot-control vehicle's siren and tried to ram the reinforced gate, attracting the zombies.
• Li Yu opened the small gate and rushed out to fight the zombies with a crossbow while his eldest uncle followed.
• Li Yu and his eldest uncle slipped back inside and shut the car door, escaping the horde.
• Li Yu's eldest uncle admired him, and the two men sat down to smoke as the danger outside quieted.

Li Yu gathered relatives and prepared to take them out, leaving Li Hongyuan and others at home to protect the family. Xuanxuan eagerly followed along, excited to learn how to use a dagger.

• Li Yu watched Xuanxuan sleep and quietly got out of bed rather than waking her.
• Li Yu gathered Liu Jianwen, Li Haoxian, Li Haoran, Li Peizhen, Li Suxin, and others, and they agreed to go out together.
• Li Yu told the group to protect the family and set off with them in three cars.
• Li Yu warned Zhang Zhixing to be careful with his weapon, while Li Suxin carried a small dagger.
• Xuanxuan excitedly begged Li Yu to teach her how to use the dagger.

Li Yu encouraged his family to face zombies, and their first kills helped them overcome their fear and grow stronger. Xuanxuan and Li Suxin earned his praise, while Li Haoxian felt embarrassed by his own performance.

• Li Yu decided that his younger cousins Li Haoxian and Li Haoran should help handle the situation rather than remain on the watchtower.
• Li Haoxian thrust his weapon through a zombie's head after Li Yu's reminder, and Li Hang helped snap him out of his daze.
• Xuanxuan stabbed a zombie in the eye and looked to Li Yu for praise.
• Li Suxin charged at a kneeling zombie, and Li Yu grabbed her shoulder as they both fell after she stabbed its eye.
• Li Yu gave Li Suxin a thumbs-up, and the team felt less afraid after making their first zombie kills.

Li Yu and the others reached Rocky Mountain and found the village Party secretary’s group amid the bodies of people they had killed. The secretary threatened Liu Weimin, but Li Yu’s group fought back and prepared to pursue the survivors up the mountain.

• Li Yu led everyone through Rocky Mountain’s iron gate and toward the tile-roofed houses, where they found corpses across the ground.
• Li Yu warned the group to stay alert and keep their distance from others.
• The village Party secretary’s people brought out the bound, badly beaten Liu Weimin and used a knife to cut his neck while threatening Li Yu.
• Li Yu waited until the sun was sinking, then took aim and fired an arrow that pierced the village Party secretary’s skull.
• The remaining people tried to run up the mountain, and Li Yu told his companions to follow them.

Li Yu killed the village Party secretary’s followers after they fled, then led his group back toward the base through the flooded countryside. On the way, he found the road surrounded by zombies and recognized Yang Tianlong, recalling their friendship from school.

• Li Yu shot and hacked down the villagers who had attacked him, while the survivors fled toward the mountain.
• Li Yu made the others retrieve the crossbow bolts and burn the bodies before they drove back to the base.
• Li Yu stopped the vehicles after spotting a group of zombies surrounding the road.
• Li Yu approached with his second paternal uncle and recognized Yang Tianlong, remembering how they had become close after Yang Tianlong defended him from bullies.

Li Yu reunited with Yang Tianlong, Yang Xiaozhu, and other old friends and relatives after they helped him deal with zombies. They gathered everyone into vehicles and headed back to the base.

• Yang Xiaozhu struck down a zombie that was about to attack Li Yu, and Li Yu felt relieved to see her and Yang Tianlong again.
• Li Yu, Yang Tianlong, Li Hang, and Second Uncle fought off the remaining zombies, while Yang Tianlong punched Li Yu to show his concern.
• Yang Tianlong explained that Tiezi and Gangzi had brought their parents to look for Li Yu, and that he and Yang Xiaozhu had returned with them.
• Li Yu reunited with Third Uncle and his family near his old home and arranged for everyone to travel together.
• Li Yu had his eldest uncle and the others bring over more vehicles, then everyone set off toward the base.

Li Yu cautiously explained his terms for accepting Yang Tianlong and Zhao Dapao into the base, emphasizing that he wanted to protect his family and could not trust them completely yet. The men accepted his conditions, and Li Yu took Zhao Dapao’s Mountain-Cleaving Axe while leaving their future arrangements to be discussed later.

• Li Yu returned to the base, greeted Fourth Uncle and Uncle-in-law at the watchtower, and helped deal with the zombies.
• Li Yu had Li Hang bring the younger family members inside, then spoke to Yang Tianlong and Zhao Dapao about his wariness and desire to protect his family.
• Li Yu said the two men would need to hand over their weapons for now, and both men understood his concerns.
• Zhao Dapao handed Li Yu the Mountain-Cleaving Axe, and Li Yu said they would talk about the rest later.

Li Yu hosted a lavish feast with roasted pig and liquor, using the meal to bring the group together and learn more about the people around him. After everyone ate and drank late into the night, he gained a clearer sense of their relationships and returned to work.

• Li Yu drew on his extensive alcohol stockpile and prepared liquor for the gathering.
• Li Yu grilled a pig, seasoned it with thirteen-spice, cumin, and his secret sauce, and drew everyone's attention with its aroma.
• Li Yu invited the group to eat, and everyone praised the roast pig as fatty but not greasy.
• Li Yu shared liquor with his second uncle, Zhao Dapao, Yang Tianlong, and the others as they drank into the night.
• Li Yu formed a rough judgment of the group and went back to work overtime.

Li Yu spent time running around the base and reflected on the dangers ahead, then arranged training for the younger residents. As the group settled into life at the base, he noticed something beyond the perimeter wall.

• Li Yu ran around the base and saw someone feeding grass to the fish by the hillside pond.
• Li Yu thought about how most people died on the way to greater power and hoped the crisis would not come too soon.
• Li Yu decided Zhao Dapao needed watching and that Haoxian should receive more training, including lessons in using guns from Li Yu's eldest uncle.
• Li Yu, Li Tie, Zhao Dapao, and Yang Tianlong taught their younger relatives hand-to-hand combat.
• The children studied reading and arithmetic, practiced useful survival skills, improved their fitness, and became better at killing zombies.
• Li Yu looked beyond the perimeter wall and examined what he saw.

Li Yu and the others prepared to defend the base against a huge zombie tide. They began attacking from the Watchtower and perimeter wall, but the zombies remained packed around the base.

• He called Li Yu and the others over, grabbed a submachine gun, and stopped washing as the zombies roared nearby.
• Li Yu saw the area packed with zombies, and the group checked the surveillance room to learn when the tide had appeared.
• He gathered everyone in the base and organized the defense, assigning crossbows to the Watchtower and spears to people atop the wall.
• The defenders attacked the zombies with crossbows and spears, and Li Yu pierced three zombies in succession.
• The zombies continued lingering around the perimeter wall, while Li Yu's skill earned him more approval.

With zombies threatening to overwhelm the defenses, Yang Tianlong led Li Gang, Li Tie, and two others out through the small rear gate to lure them away. They headed toward the national highway while those left at the base worried about their return.

• New zombies poured from the woods, and Yang Tianlong decided to lead a group out to draw them away from the base.
• Li Gang and others offered to go, but Yang Tianlong told them to stay because people might attack the base.
• Yang Tianlong and the others prepared weapons and left after their family members watched them go.
• Yang Tianlong charged through the narrow gate first, and the other four followed close behind.
• The five men ran toward the national highway as the defenders at the front gate worried about them.

Li Yu and the others fled through the mountain forest with zombies close behind, then took shelter as heavy rain washed blood toward a valley. Li Yu’s group discovered someone had lured the zombies there, and after Li Yu’s second uncle drove off hidden figures, they ran toward the national highway, where an unfamiliar car watched them.

• Li Yu ran with the group as they drew strength from shouting together and charged deeper into the forest.
• The group noticed blood on the ground and suspected that someone had deliberately lured the zombies there.
• Heavy rain began, and Li Yu’s second uncle, Li Haoran, Li Haoxian, and Li Hang stayed behind while the others moved on.
• Li Yu’s second uncle fired toward figures hiding in the woods, struck one, and saw several of them flee; one looked familiar.
• The group ran toward the national highway, where they followed a slowly moving car as its occupants watched them.

Li Yu used his gun to stop a group of men from tormenting a woman and a boy. He took the injured bald man and the rescued people with him, then left as zombies rushed toward them.

• The bald man and his companions approached Li Yu and mocked him while one of them attacked a woman and a boy.
• Li Yu drew his gun and shot the four men who were threatening them, leaving no bystanders hurt.
• Li Yu stopped the man with the buzz cut from further attacking the boy and bound the surviving bald man.
• Li Yu took the bald man and the rescued people with him, then had Yang Tianlong and the others get into the vehicle.
• Zombies charged toward them in a frenzy as Li Yu and the group left.

Li Yu interrogated a captured bald man while driving a horde of zombies away. After learning about the man’s group and their planned meeting, Li Yu threw him from the vehicle, and the zombies caught him.

• Li Yu secured a loudspeaker to the vehicle as zombies pursued them.
• Second Uncle said the bald man’s companions had lured the zombies, and Li Yu questioned the captive about them.
• The bald man revealed that his group had knives and iron rods and planned to meet at a gas station where the national highway met the expressway.
• Li Yu kicked the bald man out of the vehicle, and the zombie horde swallowed him.

Li Yu and the others gave food to a hungry brother and sister, then waited at an empty convenience store to ambush a group heading for their car. After capturing the village party secretary’s son and questioning him about the Lotus Building, Li Yu was left speechless by the boy’s reaction.

• Li Yu and the others left half their food with the brother and sister and told them to find somewhere safe.
• They hid in an empty convenience store and waited for the group to arrive.
• Li Yu signaled the others to charge and shot the village party secretary’s son in the calf as he approached the car.
• They questioned the wounded man, who identified the Lotus Building as his group’s headquarters.
• The man denied knowing what they meant, and Li Yu could not get out the words he had planned to say.

Li Yu and the others shared a moment of understanding before Li Yu killed the village Party secretary’s son, who tried to flee and fight back. Li Yu then filled both vehicles’ fuel tanks, preparing for whatever might happen next.

• Yang Tianlong listened as someone explained that trust and family had shaped their choices.
• Li Tie and Li Gang nodded, and the group fell silent as some of the gloom lifted.
• The village Party secretary’s son tried to escape toward the convenience store while watching the others.
• Li Yu stabbed the man in the neck with a dagger and killed him.
• Li Yu filled the fuel tanks of both vehicles to avoid being caught unprepared.

Li Yu and the others lured a growing zombie horde toward the Lotus Commercial Building, where they tried to trap it. The zombies broke through and devoured one of the guards as the survivors ran upstairs.

• Li Yu and the others drove toward the People's Hospital, but the growing horde forced them to cut through the county town.
• Li Yu directed the group to let the zombies follow them to the Lotus Commercial Building.
• The group used a loudspeaker and blocked the entrance to funnel the zombies toward the building.
• The zombies overwhelmed the guards, and one guard was swallowed and devoured.
• Li Yu and the others ran upstairs as the zombies poured into the building.

Li Yu and his group watched the zombies leave the Lotus Commercial Building, then entered to investigate after discovering the people inside had abandoned a staff member to die. Li Yu confronted the survivors and brought them together, then went to the rooftop with Zhang Tianlong.

• People on the eleventh and twelfth floors shut their doors against a staff member fleeing the zombies, and the zombies killed him.
• After the zombies left, Li Yu and his companions entered the building and searched the floors, finding the eleventh-floor door closed.
• Li Yu kicked open the door and found Horse Face and others amid the chaos, with several people lying dead or wounded.
• Several shirtless men came downstairs, saw Li Yu and the others holding guns, and tried to retreat; Xiao Zhou nervously introduced himself.
• Li Yu had the people from the upper floors gathered together and went to the rooftop with Zhang Tianlong.

Li Yu questioned the men who had been forced to come to the building and learned about Brother Hao’s group in the county town. He left the captives to Li Tie and the others, who decided their fate, while Zhou Sheng was kept behind.

• Li Yu sent Yang Tianlong downstairs with the naked men, who claimed they had been forced to come.
• Li Yu questioned the group and suspected the balding man knew more about their situation.
• The men said they had been staying in the county town with many others and mentioned Brother Hao.
• Li Yu told the group to keep Zhou Sheng and let them deal with the rest.
• Li Tie and the others debated whether to spare or kill the captives, and several men were shot dead.

Li Yu refused to take the survivors with him, left them supplies to defend themselves, and departed with his group. As night approached and zombies grew more dangerous, they hurried toward the base.

• A young woman thanked Li Yu and begged him to take the survivors along, but Li Yu refused because the group needed to return before dark.
• The woman tried to press herself against Li Yu, and Song Min knocked her to the floor and warned that they were not good people either.
• The woman returned to Zhou Sheng's mutilated corpse while the others watched in unease.
• Li Yu left supplies for the survivors to protect themselves and departed with his group.
• Li Yu and the others drove toward the outskirts, hurrying to reach the base before nightfall.

Li Yu and the others raced back to the base after dark, fighting through zombies and a pack of zombie dogs on the way. They got inside the perimeter gates, and Li Yu found that the blood on his neck had not infected him.

• Li Tie drove the group toward the base as night fell, while Li Yu urged him to hurry and contacted his second uncle.
• At the narrow road to the base, the group met Zhao Dapao and fought zombies by flashlight before Li Yu noticed danger behind him.
• Li Yu struck a zombie dog with his blade, but several more zombie dogs chased the group toward the base.
• The group rushed through the gates, and the zombie dogs slammed into the closed outer gate.
• Li Yu reassured everyone that he was fine after checking the blood on his neck, and his second uncle patted him on the shoulder.

Li Yu returned to the base after the zombie siege, reunited with his family, and reprimanded Li Hang and Lai Jiaqi for their carelessness. Later, he shared food and drinks with those who had worried about him, ending the chapter beneath the stars.

• Li Yu and Yang Tianlong went to the Watchtower, where Li Yu armed himself with a crossbow and they dealt with the zombie dogs.
• Li Yu reassured his second uncle that the trip had gone smoothly and promised to explain more the next day.
• Li Yu's family embraced him when he returned, relieved to see him safe.
• Li Yu reprimanded Li Hang and Lai Jiaqi for being careless during the zombie siege, and both lowered their heads in shame.
• Li Yu ate with his companions, shared beer and cigarettes, and looked up at the starry sky.

Li Yu shared Moonlit Brew Beer with Li Hang, Yang Tianlong, Li Tie, and the others, then spoke about surviving the apocalypse without losing their humanity. After the gathering, he cleaned the blood from his neck and relaxed alone in the bathtub, finally feeling more at ease.

• Li Hang and the others joined Li Yu, who reluctantly shared the chilled Moonlit Brew Beer with them.
• As they drank, Li Yu said he wanted to lead everyone through the apocalypse comfortably and warned them not to become monsters.
• Li Yu urged the others to persuade themselves when their consciences troubled them, then clinked glasses with Yang Tianlong and the group.
• After the gathering, Li Yu noticed blood on the back of his neck, rinsed it clean, and went downstairs for a leftover bottle of craft beer.
• Li Yu lay in the bathtub, listened to Sound of Silence, and gradually felt calm and safe behind the towering perimeter wall.